New AOL Straw Poll opens up with a 74-25% M - O and 535 - 3 Electoral

AOL.com ^ | 10/17/2008 | aol

[RogerWilko]

AOL just opened up this week's poll and McCain is starting off to a CRUSHING lead!

Of course, it's only an on-line poll. BUT... You have to have an account or make one, so you can't just jump on and vote like crazy! For AOL, this is BEYOND good!

[RogerWilko]

HAH! The map just went ALL RED! 538 - 0 on the electoral votes!

[Puppage]

The real poll to watch is The Weekly Reader Poll

Those little kids have called the last 4 presidential races.

[snarkytart]

LMAO!!
I love it. Of course it’s for fun, but still.

[RogerWilko]

With AOL, I would have expected the results to be EXACTLY opposite of what's going on.

I know it can't be this slanted, but it's GOT to be good news, no matter how you look at it!

[Genoa]

Ha! I voted and now McCain wins all 538 EV’s.
PV is 74-25.

[snarkytart]

I think that was already posted right? And sadly, they went for Obama.

[Genoa]

There had been more than 4,000 votes cast.

[Puppage]

I think that was already posted right? And sadly, they went for Obama

Is that right? Well, THAT doesn't make me feel any better.

[chesley]

Wouldn’t that be a thumb in the eye of the commie dhimmicratic party.

So let it be!

[Yo-Yo]

The real poll to watch is The Weekly Reader Poll

Those little kids have called the last 4 presidential races.

Those little kids at Scholastic News chose Obama.

[nhwingut]

The libmedia can’t spin this one. The silent majority is speaking.

[gwilhelm56]

As I’ve said before, this Election I cannot read ... it will be either, a 49.9% 49.8% squeaker, or it will make Reagan/Mondale look like a close race!

[Snappy1MarineMom]

Voted!

[Vision]

This is not news.

[pctech]

It won’t be posted until Oct 29th.

[RogerWilko]

This may not be an accurate representation, BUT... The last poll they took over the past week had McCain UP 54-43.

So, if the trend continues with these numbers, whether they’re accurate or not, it shows that people are changing their minds in a BIG WAY!

[sarasota]

I still maintain there is an undercurrent of calm conservatism that will create a nice wave come 11.4.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

At the most, this tells us something about the political leanings of AOL “members”.

If you give credence to this poll; you would also be giving credence to the Internet polls that show BHO leading.

Even the best “scientific” polls often fail to do what they were designed for — i.e. tell us what the whole electorate is intending to do. They do an even worse job at predicting what the electorate will actually do.

The polite term for Internet polls is “unscientific” — a more accurate term is “completely bogus”; or “totally worthless”. We all want to believe the results to this AOL poll — but, a better tack would be to consistently deride such polls; to limit their influence over the sheeple.

[snarkytart]

Yes, you are correct. Sorry.
I was thinking of the other one featuring kids. Do you remember the one I’m talking about?

[RogerWilko]

This is not news.

I'll bet it's news to a LOT of people!

[PhiKapMom]

This week on Wednesday when the local OK poll came out that is very accurate, it has the same margin of victory for McCain that the AOL poll had from OK voters.

[PhiKapMom]

Not this year for Weekly Reader. A lot of schools in the inner city who NEVER participated in the past were part of the poll this year.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Carrying Washington, DC, huh!

[RogerWilko]

Those little kids have called the last 4 presidential races.

It looks like they're going to be WRONG this time! They were sucked into the smooth-talkin' BS artist.

[Tenacious 1]

I wonder what will happen if/when McCain does win?

I am trying to envision the MSM coverage and the democratic scandal screams.

I relished the outcry 4 years ago. I may have to take some time off work to enjoy it if it happens again.

[meadsjn]

At the most, this tells us something about the political leanings of AOL “members”.

AOL customer base is heavily left-leaning. This is really, really bad news for Obama.

[matginzac]

I may be a little - a lot!!! - paranoid but you have to have an AOL account, give your email address AND password to vote - is this cricket? I just don’t trust AOL or any of those guys so may be TMI? Think about it...or not...

[snarkytart]

Sorry, I was thinking about the scholastic poll.

[Genoa]

Looks like Vermont was the lone Obama state when this post went up. Hey Vermonters!! Vote!! It’s close!!!

[isayitlikeitis]

How reliable is a poll that requires you to register? It should probably be tagged as an AOL/ACORN Straw Poll.

[Vision]

This belongs in chat.

[RogerWilko]

It should probably be tagged as an AOL/ACORN Straw Poll.

If it is, they must be FREAKIN' OUT at about this time! They'd better wash the results and make their own results.

[dsrtsage]

Other than rampant election fraud, I don’t see how it can be that close when at least half the democratic base is shaking with rage at what obama did to hillary

[kalee]

Do you know when it will be out?

[LegalEagle61]

I have done this poll everytime they have reset it. Once I saw it was over 400,000 total votes and McCain had a lead of more than 60% overall.

[soupcon]

Dial-up ping

[kalee]

Google is my friend...Oct 29th.

[Dog]

When will they release that one?

[Charles Martel]

AOL customer base is heavily left-leaning. This is really, really bad news for Obama.

Their customer base also excludes most of Obama's younger voters. I think the age demographic will be a bigger factor than race, come election day.

[kempster]

How often can I register?

[Puppage]

Do you know when it will be out?

No, I am sorry. I do not.

[GCC Catholic]

Their customer base also excludes most of Obama's younger voters.

Don't make too much of that. All you need is an AOL Instant Messenger account, not one of the paid internet access accounts. This means a user could in theory vote more than once for free, but it's probably unlikely. Also, lots of younger people have AIM accounts; it's only tapered off among college students within the past couple of years.

[jan in Colorado]

It's only because of election fraud, that it is even close, and Nobama may pull off stealing it. The Supreme Court just gave Ohio permission to cheat!

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“It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got the chance at success too,” Obama told Wurzelbacher. “I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”...

[kalee]

Oct 29th, after I asked, I got unlazy and Googled it.

[beethoven]

The Weekly Reader Poll started September 22 and will continue thru October 24. On Wednesday, October 29, Zogby and Weekly Reader will jointly announce the winner. I sure hope it’s McCain.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

AOL tends to trend left. I’m surprised.

[DoughtyOne]

That poll won't last online longer than the half life of a soap bubble.

Enjoy it while you can still see it.  LOL



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[RogerWilko]

With over 6,000 votes in now, McCain has lost some ground... 73-25! NOBAMA has picked up 11 EVs and is now behind 527-11!

Still looking good though. If it continues with this trend when it starts to reach 100,000, things will be looking bleak for O’Bama Bin Biden, considering he lost their last poll 54-43.

That would HAVE to show that NOBAMA supporters are starting to RUN AWAY... RUN AWAY!

[RogerWilko]

That poll won't last online longer than the half life of a soap bubble.

They left up the last one with McCain winning 54-43 and almost a quarter of a million votes!